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Building and Scaling an AI Company in 2025: What Top VCs Really Want to See with Zetta, Glasswing and B Capital

SaaStr

Previously a Director of Engineering at Facebook and VP of Engineering at VMware, she brings deep technical expertise to evaluating early-stage AI companies. But when you look under the hood, what you find is mostly experiments and POCs. We can do it in X time for Y cost.”

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The AI Wake-Up Call with Jason Lemkin: Why You Need to Move Faster or Get Left Behind

SaaStr

From 2011 to 2023, the SaaS world was … predictable. The truth is harsh but necessary: if you’re still running your 2023 playbook in 2025, you’re already falling behind. The challenge: finding ways to build what customers want today while managing existing obligations. What worked yesterday is aging out FAST.

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My 7 Biggest Mistakes as a SaaS Founder-CEO

SaaStr

Ok now that some time has gone by I can reflect a bit more thoughtfully here. My top mistakes as a SaaS founder/CEO: Not convincing the very, very, very best VPE I knew to join as our VPE. I had a great CTO, but I also needed a truly great VPE to scale past $10m ARR and deal with all those issues. Selling the company.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower SaaS

Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. What does the role demand?

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Top Full Stack Developer Conferences You Must Attend in 2023

Frontegg

2023 has commenced with a plethora of business challenges, but innovation is still going to be on the minds of engineering teams worldwide. Frontegg will be a sponsor of DeveloperWeek 2023, SF Bay Area. Frontegg will be a sponsor of LeadDev 2023 New York.